Wild theory... You know what else Friday represents besides end of regular season for both Strong and Herman? The last regular season game for TCU. What if all of this dog and pony show was to keep people guessing on what will happen to two outcomes that have already been decided in private (Strong ...

Regarding the Herman thing, his small sample size of results is better than 99% of all coaches in the history of the game. But that isn't the reason why Saban flew Herman out three times this past summer (after doing so last January before his championship game against Clemson). And it isn't the rea...

I want to clear up a misconception here. Talent has NEVER been the reason this program has gone 6-7, 5-7, and either 6-6 or 7-5. Neither has youth. Now, those two things might have contributed to individual and collective production at less than optimal levels during stretches. But neither are the c...

Also, there should be absolutely nothing predicated on the final results of games #36 and #37 (against the worst P5 team in the country and a severely average TCU team QBed by Kenny Hill). Games #1 - #35 are a much more important data set. This isn't complicated. We will learn nothing during the nex...

I've heard he's already been told (weeks ago) that if he did not finish the season at 8-4, Perrin could not assure him there would be enough support to retain him, and that the decision has already been made.

We are playing better collectively vs earlier this year, but we are still underachieving individually and collectively vs less talented players/units. We are still being out-coached tactically and strategically, still leaving points on the field, and still making awful coaching decisions. Every game...

And I don't want to make a change just to make a change (which you would be doing at 8-4), go out and hire someone with big risk (who let's face it Tom Herman even fits under that category now) only to end up right back here in 2-3 years. I would rather ride another year with Charlie (who would bri...

I do agree that Fenves isn't firing the first AA coach in program history if he wins 8 overall and improves three games in the W/L column. It would set this program back another five years (since they'd have to give him an extension due to recruiting), so I assume everyone who cares about this prog...

We will never be an elite team under Strong, this is very obvious. Thus, I see no reason to bring him back, even if he catches lightening in a bottle. This is a terrible Big 12 conference, and he has a talent advantage over the final four teams. What should be a lay up to a competent coach/staff sho...

Mak - have you read this yet? I think this might give you some insight to Tom that you might not have had visibility to previously. It gives great context for who the guy wearing the whistle is. (BTW, note that this was written before he coached his first ever game as a head coach - published Septem...

The same football industry that thinks Charlie Strong can coach ? No more risky hires and no more chasing non-power-5 guys that have one impressive win on their resume. The burden of proof should be on you, not Me. So what I'm hearing is, you don't really have scientific evidence to back this posit...

Vance Bedford A That grade is generated from the efficiency data from Louisville and the 2014 Texas defense (that had a bunch of NFL upperclassmen talent). It also should be noted that while Bedford had the DC title for these years, it's always been Strong's defense (everything but playcalling). I ...

Tom Herman excels in organization and attention to detail. Freakishly so. But most geniuses do this. Is this like how Charlie Strong excels at defense ? My eyes, ears, and logical deduction lean otherwise in both cases I would love to hear elaboration on what your eyes, ears and logical deduction a...

Herman seems a little Trumpian to me. Might be thin-skinned. I could totally see him fighting with fans and boosters in the media. If you argue he's a great X-O coach and that offsets the immaturity...I'd likely start pointing to him losing games to service academies as a top-6 ranked team. The Cha...